Comments on: UN World Sum(mit)

By: pedro

pedro — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:49:34 +0000

Of course when the apocalypse comes, the dead will walk the earth and Eric could just pop Bruce then, assuming he doesn’t run out of ammo on French socialists first.

…or European Code Fags.

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:03:10 +0000

So, what about a a new T-Shirt: “Everybody Loves ESR – but it does’nt metter anymore”

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:00:54 +0000

Oh, crap — s/they guy/the guy/

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:00:04 +0000

This strip illustrates why I wouldn’t be interested in a T-shirt: Eric’s a has-been. He simply isn’t that relevant anymore, though he played a useful role in the late 90s convincing some corporations to free their code. Wearing an “Everybody loves Eric Raymond – except me” shirt suggests that they guy is more relevant than he is.

RMS, Perens, and Torvalds matter. ESR no longer does. He is a personality who no longer matters. Mentioning his name suggests that he does matter.

Well, OK, he’s still fun to make fun of. So carry on. Just so long as you don’t have Bruce, RMS, or ESR saying “whilst” again. That’s as jarring as a cartoon of Tony Blair saying “y’all” would be.

By: Jeroen van Splunder

Jeroen van Splunder — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:18:24 +0000

Yes! RFID jokes! :)

By: Scrotor

Scrotor — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:46:32 +0000

Torvalds looks like a naked mole rat in your stock photo.

By: James

James — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:35:42 +0000

And here I was expecting some sort of tinfoil/rifd joke.

By: Randal L. Schwartz

Randal L. Schwartz — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:03:33 +0000

When we order T-Shirts to give away at conferences (like OSCON), we always order “Medium”, “Large”, “Extra-Large”, and “Programmer” sizes.